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DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
NAME: CHIVAVAVA JEMITIAS ::
STUDENT NO: N005954A
COURSE:
TITLE:
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
FURFURAL PRODUCTION FROM BAGASSE
This report is submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the Bachelor of Engineering Honours Degree in Chemical Engineering at N.U.S.T
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (NUST)
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
In this project, the author investigated the technical and economic feasibility of producing
furfural from the raffinate produced during sucrose extraction from sugar cane. The
author also looked at commercial available technologies for production of furfural from
biomass specifically bagasse; the market potential of furfural chemical and evaluated the
likely economic performance of the project.
The production of Furfural from bagasse is an economically feasible project with a net
present value of US $ll.lOmillion after ten years and payback period of 6.02 years.
Challenges likely to be faced by prospective fbrfural manufacturers as determined from
the research are low furfural yields when using conventional processes, fluctuating prices
of furfural on the world market and the disposal of liquid effluent from a furfural
producing facility.
CHlVAVAVA JEMITIAS N005954A FURFURAL PRODUCTION FROM BAGASSE